Archive for May, 2016

DJ Night featuring DJs Marta P and Katie P

May 27th, 2016 | Category: dances

These ladies both swing dance regularly and LOVE swing music. They are excited to team up to spin you some swingin’ tunes that will keep you on the floor all night! Come on out!

Marta started dancing contemporary jazz and ballet when she was 4 years old. She has always loved music, singing, and dancing. One day out of the blue in 2012 she discovered Lindy Hop at a jazz concert and has been a swing fanatic ever since. Dancing Lindy Hop makes her smile and forget about everything while she enjoys the music and dancing with her partner. She usually DJs at her dance school in Barcelona, and also recently played the international workshop SWIM OUT last September. She loves swing music and tries to make everyone happy by  paying attention to the room and varying tempos. If you like Ella Fitzgerald, Fats Waller, Duke Ellington, and Count Basie… you can’t miss her set!

Katie loves to mix the old with the new. No matter what decade they’re from, she loves jazz songs with great rhythm and bass, killer vocalists, memorable melodies, and distinct instrumentals that inspire the imagination. (She also LOVES a good line dance or two.) As a regular social swing dancer and teacher in the Boston area, Katie particularly enjoys finding super swingin’ music for new dancers. To all social dancers, if you’re having fun, you’re doing it right. Enjoy the music and your partners!

 

Lesson (included w/ price of admission): 8:00pm – 9:00pm
Swing Dancing: 9:00pm – 12:00am
General Admission: $10
Students and Seniors (with Valid ID): $8

Extreme Dancesport
26 New Street, Suite 3
Cambridge, MA 02138

 

Comments are off for this post

Glenn Crytzer’s New Yorkers

May 20th, 2016 | Category: dances

The New Yorkers (formerly known as “The Syncopators”) are a 1930s/1940s vintage style swing band with style! Influenced by the same swing combos as the Savoy Seven, this group plays looser arrangements, designed to be played with various combinations of instruments.  Band leader, Glenn Crytzer has become a staple in the New York Vintage Jazz scene, performing hundreds of gigs each year both as a bandleader of his own groups and as sideman in the groups of his colleagues and mentors. This is a special treat for BSC! Not to be missed while they’re in town!

Lesson (included w/ price of admission): 8:00pm – 9:00pm
Swing Dancing: 9:00pm – 12:00am
General Admission: $18
Students and Seniors (with Valid ID): $15

Extreme Dancesport
26 New Street, Suite 3
Cambridge, MA 02138

Comments are off for this post

Phil McGowan & The Easy Winners

May 13th, 2016 | Category: dances

Phil McGowan & the Easy Winners, BSC favorites, will join us at Extreme Dancesport for another high energy gig! With their New Orleans inspired hot jazz tunes, they will get you out onto the floor all night! The Easy Winners always get the crowd moving when they play for us and and this Friday will be no exception. Digging deep into their catalog of hits from the past, they’ll light fire to tunes like the 1921 Eddie Cantor hit: “Margie” and Louis Armstrong’s “You Rascal You”.

Lesson (included w/ admission): 8:00pm – 9:00pm
Swing Dancing: 9:00pm – 12:00am
General Admission: $15
Students and Seniors (with Valid ID): $13

Extreme Dancesport
26 New Street, Suite 3
Cambridge, MA 02138

Comments are off for this post

May the Sith Be With You featuring DJs Miranda Lank and Marta

May 06th, 2016 | Category: dances
In honor of International Star Wars Day (May the Fourth), Boston Swing Central is planning a very Wookie dance on May 6th. This year May the 4th doesn’t fall on Friday, and won’t until 2018. Therefore, we’ll celebrate “May the Sith Be With You.” A little tribute to the dark side of the Force.

 

The evening will include our first Star Wars themed competitions!
“Han” Solo competition
Jedi Jack & Jill

 

As contest space is limited, we’ll be using a sorting hat to figure out who the Han Solos are and who the Jedi Knights are. Enter the competitors lottery for free, and use the force to will yourself a spot in the contest! Please only sign up for one contest or the other.  There will be some spacey prizes!

Lesson (included w/ price of admission): 8:00pm – 9:00pm
Dancing: 9:00pm – 12:00am
General Admission: $10
Students and Seniors (with Valid ID): $8

Extreme Dancesport
26 New Street, Suite 3
Cambridge, MA 02138

Comments are off for this post